BBC World Service

BBC WORLD SERVICE "Provides international news, analysis and information in English and 32 other languages."


 * Nigel Chapman, Director, BBC World Service

Management Board
Accessed April 2008:


 * Nigel Chapman - Director, BBC World Service (Chair); Responsible for the overall editorial leadership and management of BBC World Service. He is the BBC World Service Accounting Officer
 * Behrouz Afagh - Head of EurAsia Region; Responsible for broadcasts and new media in Azeri, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Pashto, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian and Uzbek
 * Alan Booth - Controller, Marketing Communications and Audiences; Responsible for marketing, publicity, audiences and market research
 * Mike Cronk - Controller, Distribution and Technology; Responsible for distribution, delivery and technological developments
 * Lesley Granger - Director, Human Resources; Responsible for HR strategy and delivery of HR services
 * Phil Harding - Director, English Networks and News; Responsible for English Network output and the supply of news and programme material to BBC World Service regions
 * Nikki Clarke - Head of Americas and Europe Region; Responsible for broadcasts and new media in Albanian, English for North America and the Caribbean, Macedonian, Portuguese for Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish for Latin America, Turkish and Ukrainian
 * Lindsey North - Head of Legal; Responsible for legal advice across BBC World Service and BBC Monitoring
 * John Renner - Change Director; Responsible for planning the BBC World Service move to Broadcasting House
 * Hugh Saxby - BBC World Service Secretary; Responsible for governance, accountability and internal communications
 * Jerry Timmins - Head of Africa and Middle East Region; Responsible for broadcasts and new media in Arabic, French, Hausa, Kinyarwanda/Kirundi, Portuguese, Somali, Swahili and English for Africa
 * Alison Woodhams - Chief Operating Officer and Director of Finance; Responsible for BBC World Service finances and oversees all business development activities
 * Zdenka Krizman - Head of Europe Region, retired on 16 February 2007.
 * Fred Martensen - Head of Strategy, left on 23 January 2007. Ketan Chaukar became Acting Head of Strategy from 24 January 2007.
 * Lucio Mesquita - Head of Americas and Europe Region, left on 14 February 2007. Nikki Clarke became Head of Americas and Europe Region on 1 April 2007.
 * Myra Hunt - Head of New Media, began maternity leave on 17 December 2006. Sally Thompson was Acting Head of New Media from 17 December 2006 until 31 March 2007.

Criticism

 * Tom Mills, "BBC charity committed to promoting UK Government propaganda in Afghanistan", Spinwatch, 7 December 2010.

Contact

 * Web: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/us/index.shtml

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * BBC World Service Trust
 * Tom Porteous - former Editor